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Sime Darby awaits Peru nod on oil palm plantation
- Business Times
- 07 September 2012
Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd is waiting for final approvals from the Peruvian government to start planting oil palm on 70,000 ha in the Latin American state.
Canada: Are foreign investors eyeing this pie? 
- Western Producer
- 07 September 2012
As the amount of investor-owned farmland grows in Saskatchewan, so do concerns about foreign ownership and loopholes in the province’s farmland ownership regulations.
Myths about industrial agriculture
- Znet
- 07 September 2012
The dominant myth of industrial agriculture is that it produces more food and is land saving. However, the more industrial agriculture spreads, the more hungry people we have. And the more industrial agriculture spreads, the more land is grabbed.
Mawashi puts greater focus on food security
- Gulf Times
- 07 September 2012
Mawashi, Qatar’s livestock company, plans to invest in industrial agriculture and food sources outside Qatar to serve the vision and objectives of the Qatar National Food Security Programme, it was announced yesterday.
Hungry for investment
- WSJ
- 06 September 2012
The private sector needs to double investment in the land itself to help drive agricultural development in countries that need it most, say the heads of EBRD and FAO
Ethiopian man threatens action over UK 'link to abuse'
- BBC
- 06 September 2012
An Ethiopian farmer could sue the UK government after claiming a project that received funding from Britain led to the eviction from his farm and human rights abuses.
Joint Statement of 2012 APEC Ministerial Meeting
- APEC
- 06 September 2012
"We appreciate the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment elaborated by the World Bank, FAO, IFAD and UNCTAD, support the ongoing extensive consultations on these principles, and welcomed the approval of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests."
Sokoto, Swiss firm sign MoU on rice production
- This Day
- 06 September 2012
Nigeria's Sokoto State Government and Novel Management Services of Switzerland sign a N35 billion deal for a rice project covering 25,000 ha of land in the River Rima basin.
Women struggle to secure land rights
- Africa Renewal
- 06 September 2012
Activists are fighting to introduce or strengthen laws intended to give women more secure access to land and are combating social norms and practices that stand in their way.
APEC Secretary General: Russia's Far East can prevent food crisis in Asia
- RUVR
- 05 September 2012
Analysts are warning of a looming food crisis, while on the other hand, pointing to plenty of land, uncultivated but fit for farming, in the Russian Far East.
Oakland Institute, Greenpeace expose new US corporation’s land grab in Africa
- OI/Greenpeace
- 04 September 2012
An American owned company with a track record of illegality and links to private equity giant Blackstone Group is threatening to destroy rainforests and dislocate local communities in Cameroon, Africa.
Herakles ends bid to join green palm oil body over Cameroon plan
- Reuters
- 04 September 2012
New York venture-finance firm Herakles Capital has withdrawn its application for membership of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil after complaints by environmental groups about its $350 million project in Cameroon.